The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 29, 1926, Image 7
~uWYEH KII.I.N HIS FAMILY.
Then Take# His Own Life By Drown- J
in Cistern.
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Marion, 111* Oct. 24.?During a sudden
At of insanity, late last night, W.
0 Potter, &6, former state senator
and United States district attorney,
killed his wife, two daughters and two
gramldttUKhte.ra' *>ne R three-week old
baby, and then drowned himself in a
cistern at the r4ar of the Potter
home. The skulls o/ each of the five
victims hud been crushed with an iron
furnace shaker.
The dead are: <Mrs. Potter, &2; Mrs.
Lucille White, 28; Kloise Potter/46;
Phyllis White, 4; and Cynthia White,
three weeks old. v
Mr si White was the wife of Dr.
Gilbert White of Miami, Fla? who left
that place last Wednesday to drive to
Marion hut has not been heard from
sines.
The bodies, all in nightclothing,
were discovered by a son, Morris Potter,
a Marion attorney, who had been
to Murphysboro, a nearby town, and
who returned homo about 2 a.m.
The bodies oLthe wife and the
younger daughter were found in one
$ bedroom and that of Mrs. White in
the bathroom. The grandchildren
were killed as they slept. Evidences
of a terrific struggle were found in
several of the rooms on the second
iloor of the home.
A coroner's jury jate today; returned
a verdict that the victims "were
killed,'by W. O. Potter while temporarily
insane."
Neighbos who testified at the inquest
said that they ?aw a light in
the Pottter home about midnight and
that they heard a commotion about
that time. Relatives declared that
Potter recently had 'been .brooding
over financial losses, ill health and
the loss of his position as United
States district9 attorney about four
months ago. He is said to have lost
money in a St. Louis insurance company
and in Florida land develop
ments. A brother-inrlaw, John Spiller,
testified that Potter recently had
told him that he planned to take his
own life. "V
Others brought ou| that potter had
been suffering. from % hallucinations
that he was fi;qm tlie office
of United Stytfs ifcitict ftttqrney be-|
cause of irregularities in office and
that he was being "hounded" on account
of the affair, although a check
of his records.revealed no irregularities.
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Snake Had Swallowed Squirrel,
One of tlffi 'ttftyqjit rattlesnakes
ever seen in these parts was (brought;
to the city this morning by Mr. Dick,
Gallagher and several friends whcT
were with him when the reptile was
killed. The party whs in Black River
swamp squirrel hunting, when one of,
them shot down a squirrel the snake
grabbed it and sorted to swallow it.
His head was shot off before he had
completely masticated the dead
squirrel and 'he was placed oh the running
hoard of the car and brought to.
sumter. The largest .part of the reptile's
body was as big as'.a mail's arm
and he was about five feet long. He
was not as long as some rattlers that
have been brought in to the city, but
his body was declared by many to be
the largest ever seen here* Fourteen
rattles were attached to his tail.*?
Saturday's Sumter Item.
A Good Sport and Citizen.
There is law aplenty for the protection
of the game fishof South Carolina's
fine streams, hut until the fishermen
themselves can be brought to
hold the saipeattlende that a Mull ins
citizen manifested a few days ago,
the robbery of the streams; will continue
and the tmie hastened when
they will be completely .fished out.
According to i news dispatch ? Mullins
fisherman several days ago discovered
an alligators nest on the
banks of kittle Fee Dee river. There
was the ^ sunones
disporting themselves nearby.
The fisherrtaifp captured several of the
little fellows and the big one, too, but
he told the (newspaper editor to whose
office he carried them, that he intended
to turn all of them loose. Pressed
for a reason the fisherman declared
that the big 'gator was an enemy to
-"fish netters" and he hoped that She
would keep ohbreaking up the mass
of nets spread unlawfully in the Little
Pee Dee river.
This fisheman is the right sort. He
is a good sport and a good citizen.
Too many would have welcomed the
opportunity to kill the alligator for
her hide and to slay the little fellows
just for the sport of it. We are frank
to say we had never thought of alligators
as protectors of game fish, but
if they cati do their bit in the breaking
up of tha nets that infest the streams^
why let us Vail the 'gator with *H
acclaim,-?Florence News-Review#
Hired mourners in Mesopotamia
. pull out/their hair-to demfSfSSajF
genufelnass of thair grief.
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FORECAST HUGE CROf.
Government indicate* Cotton Crop at
17.454.000 Hale*.
Washington, Oct. 26.?Predicting
the largest cotton crop ever grown, I
the department of agriculture today |
placed the indicated production for I
this year at 17,454,000 bales of 500
pound gross weight, That is 827,000
bales more than indicated on October
1 and exceeds the previous record I
crop by more than a million and a
quarter bale*.
Reports from all parts of the cotton!
belt showed that production this year
is greater than had been expected and I
that the yield of lint cotton per acre |
would be approximately 170.8 pounds
or 8.8 pounds more than indicated on
.October 1. The heavy yield combined!
with the largest acreage ever planted
resulted in the huge production.
Extensive defoliation of the cotton
plant by the leaf worm, coupled with
warm weather, have advanced the ma- J
turing of the late bolls anjrH>ermitted I
rapid picking.
Ginnings through.October 18 totalled
8,722,066 running bales, compared 1
with 9,518,046 bales to that date last J
year. I
"There is no question now that the
largest crop in the history, of the
country has been grown," said the
crop reporting iboard in commenting
on their report, "On the other hand
the low price and scarcity of pickers, I
especially in the western part of thel
belt, will probably result in a consid-l
erable quantity of the lower grade hot
being picked.
"The present estimate of 17,454,000
bales refers to the indicated total
1 ginning for the season and is subject
i to some uncertainty in regard to how
much of the crop produced will be harvested.
Because of the low price cotton
farmers are discouraged and may
not be disposed to pick the last remnants
of the crop, even if they can do
so. In consequence of elements of uncertainty.
in r.egai'd t? the picking of
the entire production, the crop indicated
on October 18 ginned, and to be
g^nhed may vary somewhat from the
final figures.
The indicated production by states
qeludes: North Carolina 1,200,000;
jSoqth Carolina, 1,170,000; Georgia,
1,470,000; Texas, 5,400,000. .The ginnings
by states includes: South Carolina,
544,986.
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Man Killed By Car.
Hartsville, Oct. 22.?John Kilgore,
40, single, was struck and fatally injured
last night about 6:45 o'clock
near his home a/bout two and a half
miles from Hartsville, by an automobile
driven by W. R. Segars, policeman
of Hartsville. AccordjngLto reports,
Mr, Segars was driving at a
moderate rate when in rounding a
bad turn and meeting a wagon, Mr.
Kilgore stepped in front of the moving
car and suffered a broken back.
He was taken to the Florence infirmary,
where he died this morning. Mr.
Kilgore was employed in the town and
frequently walked home at the close of |
tbe day. He is survived by a lister
'who lives at Florence and a brother j
Who'h& been wdrking in Florida. He^
lived alone. , ,
Father*Kills Three Daughters.
Brockton, Mass, Oct. 23.?A liquor
father killed his three daughters with
an axe as they slept in their home this
morning. He was James $toddard, 36,
? laborer, and the girls were MU.dred,
7; Florence, 17; Edna, 11; and Marion
14; the fourth daughter escaped.
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Smothered To Death By Dpst.
Franklin, N. C. Oct 22.-Dust from
the highway Suffocated a man here
today. Harley 'Sorrells, 35, was dirtying
an ox team when he fell from the
wagon to the road. He held to the
Z* and was dragged a abort diaUfice.
His mouth and nose, (became
filled with dust and he smothered to
death, the coroner reported.
^ fAtBX^trrioNS
the Court Mouse door at Camden,
!S. C? between
on the first Monday in November,
i?26 being the first day thereof, the
described property. to wU:
0? tract of Ur^ OM.
r i^rTowX bo?nded .a
Wei
by J. . Campbell; levded upon and
to be sold as the propertyof Eugene
Mickle, for tax<* 1
: Three acres with building thereon
in DeKalb Township, bounded as foltaxes
l9*6,A?gQ ^ ^
oi* lot with building thereon, sltfeSrm
ettr of Camden, S. C., and
i^in?7.H0?: NorthJJ, WU.
' treet* East by Campbell street,
inS'and West by lands now or for?&
Of E. H. upon
a * . J. w .
Miami Devastated bv West Indian Hurricane
= Ml I
Street iii Miauii after ?114? hurricane had subsided. leaving in Its wake death tutd destruction. Houses wtuv J
destroyed, poles und wires knocked dowu, hundreds killed und Injured, mill Ions of property destroyed.
ALSO Jprt
One lot with building thereon, City ]
of Camden, S. C., bounded north by i
property of Benson; East by Camp- :
bell street; South and West by R. D.
Helton; levied upon and to be sold as
property of R. C. Dow for taxes year \
1925. J
ALSO 1
One,'lot City of Camden, bounded i
as follows; North by Daisy Griffin; i
East ahd South by J. W. Stover; i
West by Broad street; levied upon and I
to be sold as property of Kizzie Brisbane
for taxes year 1925.
ALSO j
One lot with buildings thereon in ,
City of Camden, S. C., and bounded '
as follows: North -by Charlotte Levy;
South by Mdseley; West by Market
street; levied upon and to be sold as
j property of Julius Chapman for taxes (
year 1925. j
ALSO
One lot with buildings thereon lo- j
cated in City of Camden, bounded as
follows: on the North by Julia Alex- ,
ander; East by J. F. Jenkins; South
by Laurens Street; West by Campbell
street; levied upon and to be sold <
as property of Peter Raskins for
taxes year 1925. i
ALSO -i
One tract of land, one hundred sixty '
two acres, School District No. 1, De- (
Kalb Township, and bounded as follows:
North by J. H. Burns; East by
property of Frietag; South by the
Waters of Pine Tree Creek; and West (
by G. A. Guignard, levied upon and
to be sold as property of Camden v.
Brick Company for taxes year 1925. -j
ALSO .1
One tract of land, one thousand
twenty-six acres, with buildings
thereon, in School District No. 1, DeKalb
Township, and bounded as fol- lows:
North by lands of Cureton; East j
by Camden Brick Company; South by
lands of H. G. Carrison; West by
Watoree River; levied upon and to be "j
sold as property of G. A. Guignard for
taxes year 1925.
ALSO
One lot and buildings thereon located
in the City of Camden, bounded
as follows: North by York street;
East by Campbell street; South by ,
colored cemetery; West by G> A.
Guignard; levied upon and to be sold
as property of estate of Cyrus Mc- ^
Girt for taxes year 1925.
ALSO
Two lots and building located there-} j
on in eity of Camden, boundejl on the^
North by E. H.
Church street; South by York street,
West by property now or formerly
Thomas Levy, levied upon and to be
sold as property of Estate J. W. 1
Burke for taxes year 1925.
ALSO .SjjgUli &
Eighty-four acres and building
thereon in district No. 89,
2'ownship, bounded as follows: North
y Joe jCook; East by George Cook, 1
South by Joe Cook; and West ^ by
Nancy Mitchell; levied upon and to_^
sold as property of Val Mitchell for
4ax6B year 1926.???:
v ALSO V
145 acres and building located!
thereon, in School ^ ^h^c^Ne. 89,.
Wateree Township, bounded North by
Jol cook; East by Val Mitchell;?
South by George Cook; West by W, v
It Mitchell; levied upon and to bt
sold as the property of Nancy Mitchell
for taxes for year 1926.
200 acres with b^ihg thereen, in
District N* 39, Wwt Wftteiee TownEtta
Quails. Levied upon and to be
sold as the property of the Estate of
Sam Mitchell for taxes for year 1926.
ALSO ^ o
69 acres "and one building in District
Nd. 89 Wateree Township houndMi
on the North by Etta Quails; East
by Estate of Sam Mitchell; Sodth by
John Mitchell; West by Etta Quails.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of Willie Mitchell for taxes
>rear 1925.
ALSO
Two lots with buildings thereon
ocated in the City of Camden, S. C,
bounded on the North by City lot
Mo. *1125; East by Reed; South by
3cip English; West by Campbell
street; levied upon and to be sold
as property of Rev. A. D. Jackson for
taxes year 1925.
ALSO*
One acre in District No. 1 known
as lots No. 35, 51, 52g 53, and 54 of
Cureton Park, fronting on Ferry
Road, levied upon and to be sold as
property of J. M. Helton for taxes
year 1925.
ALSO
One lot and building in Citv of
Gamden, S. C., bounded on the North
by Walnjit street; East and South by
lot No. 13; West by Campbell street;
levied upon and to be sold as proparty
of J. L. Alexander for taxes for
year 1926.
ALSO
One lot and building located in the
City of Camden, S. C., bounded on the
North by Church property;-on the
East by S. M. Johnson; on South by
Rebecca and Lillian Sutton; West by
Market street; levied upon and to be
sold as property of John Sutton for
taxes year 1925.
ALSO
One lot and building in City of
Camden, ^bounded on the North by
Joseph Sheheen; East by George T.
Little; South by Arthur Smith; West
by Broad street; levied upon and to
be sold as property of Jessie B. English
for taxes year 1925.
ALSO
One tracts of land 17 acres School
District No. 12, bounded on the North
by Mary Belle Arledge; East by Boykins
lands; South and West by Julius
BrevardL levied upon and to be sold
as property of W. M. Reed for taxes
1925.
ALSO
One acre in District No. 1, bounded
on all sides by property as shown on
plat of Cureton Park; levied upon add
to be sold as property of Ida Williams
for taxes year 1925.
ALSO
i Qne lot and building thereon -located
in City of Camden, bounded as
follows; North by York street, East
by City lots No. 198 to 200; South
by lot No. 197; West by lot No. 202;
lev leg upon a dp to be sold as property
of Sam $owen for-taxes year 1925. *
ALSO ......
One acre and building thereon in
District No. 1. DeKalb Township;
bounded as follows: North by lot No.
23; East by lot No. 29; 'South by First
avenue; West by lot No. 7, Monroe
Boykin Park, levied upon and to bo
aold as property' of Charlie Addison'
for taxes year 1926.
ALSO
Two lots and three buildings, located
in City of Camden, S. C., First
lot bounded North by lot of Gillia;
East Fair street; South. Hampton
Park; west by S. F. Brasln^ton. Second
lot bounded on North by Mrs. E.
L Williams; east by N. C. Arnett;
South by DeKalb street. - West by
Dunn property. Both levied on and
to be sold as property of G. C. Bruce
for taxes year 1925.
ALSO
One lot and building thereon located
in city of Camden, bounded',as
follows: North by David Green; east
by S. A. L. Railwav; south by Richard
Belton; west Jby Sallie Bolden.
Levied on and to be sold as property
of Eddie C. McGirt for taxes year
1926.- V :' - :
ALSO
One lot and Dulldirig thereon, located
in city of Camden, bounded north
by York street; east by Broaa street;
south by Scotta iSalmond; west by W.
M. Palmer. Levied upon and to be
sold as property of Scip English for
taxes for year 1926. -- .?
ALSO
Orre tot In District No. 1, bopnded
north, by Manny Williams: east by
William Brevard; south bySaltie Carlos;
west by Margaret James. Levied
upon and to be sold as the property
of DougIa$ Carter for taxes for
year 1925.
ALSO
One lot located in the city of Camden
bounded north by property now
or formerly of Arrant*; east by Deigar
Hunter; south by Clyibum street;
west formerly of E. D. Blakeney.
i Levied upon and to be sold as tbefproperty
of Charlie McGhee for taxes for
year 1926. '
ALSO
One lot and building thereon in the
city of Camden, 'bounded north by property
of Gfbbes Sc riven; east by Market
street; south by -r-rr? west by
property now or formerly James Brisbane.
Levied upon and to be sold as
the property of John and Tena Griffin
for taxes for year 1925.
ALSO ^ - T-TTwo
acres of land in School District
No. 1, bounded on the forth by S, A.
L. Railway; east by Eugene C. Moore;
south by E. Sa sport as; west by James
Kennedy. Levied on hnd to be sold a*
property of B. J. Carlos for taxes for
year 1925. ' ! ;
ALSO
Two lots and two buildings in city
of Camden. Firdt lot bounded on the
north jby Lot No* 5. of Team property;
east by Lee Street; south by
Hhmpton avenue; west by lot No. 8
of Team property. Second lpt bound- {
red on the, noi?i by |>umtTpnd Witt-1
kowsk-y; east by Broad street; south
abdVriat by/Meeka property.. Levied
upon antTio be sold as property of
Postell Brown for taxes 1926.
1 One acre In District Ndift, bounded
_ ' i _ t * . ?. i. .
north by loin No'# 86, 87, 97 and 98;
east by loU 88 and 90; south by First
avenue; west by Sam Jones in Monroe
Boykin Park. Levied Upon and to
be sold as property of Dinah Davis
for taxes year 1926.
. ALSO
One acre and one building in District
No. 1, Dekalb Township; bounded
on the north byJS. A. L. Railway;
east by Henrietta Anderson; south by
Chas. Chesnut; west by ?. Levied
upon and to be so^d as the property
of Elisabeth Moses for taxes for
year 1925.
ALSO
One lot in District No. 1, bounded
on the north by lot No. 162; east by
lands of Perkins; south by First avenue;
west by lot No. 50 of Monroe.?y
Boykin Park. levied upon and to be
sold as -the property of Ada Drakefor
taxes for year 1025.
A|.SO '
One lot and one building in the city ,.c^
of Camden, bounded on the north and
east by property of M. A. Team;
south by Robert Shropshire; west by
Campbell street. Levied upon and to
be sold as the property of Maggie Da- ,
vis (Perkins.)
ALSO
One lot in District No, 1, bounded
on the Nort,h and east by McCarthy
lands; south by Salmtyid property;
west by lapds of George T. Little.
Levied upon' and to be sold as property
of Robert Salmond for taxes for
year 1925.
ALSO
One lot and building in District No. ; .
1, bonded on the North and cast by *
property of Joseph Reed; south by S.
A. I.r Railway; on the we?t by Henry ^
Brooks. Levied upon and to be sold
as property of Frank and Judith Patterson
for taxes for year 1925.
ALSO
-One lot and building thereon in Die- trict-^No.
1, bounded on the north by
McCarthy (lands; east by a road; on. . ; !
south by Scotta Salmond; west by??Levied
Upon and to be sold as the
property of Lula Belle Davis for taxes
for year 1925. .< ^
* ALSO
One lot and building in the City of
Camden, S? C., bounded on the North
by Robert Murphy; op the East by
R. D. Dibble; on the South by Hettie
Powell; on the West by Gordan street,
levied Upon. and to be sold as the
property of James Jones for taxes
year 1925.
ALSO
|tnl building thereon in the
City of Camden,-S. C., bounded on the
North by R. D. Dibble; on the East
by E. Dibble; on the South by R, v
D.- Dibble; on the West by Gordan
street; levied upon and to be sold as \V;|
the proptrty of Mary J, Peebles for yipl
taxes year 1925.- . i.
ALSO ^
One let and building thereon in #
the City pf Camden, S. C., bounded
on the North by Chestnut street; on
the East by Lot No. 16 of Team property;
South by .lot No. 18; on the
West by Campbell street; levied upon ' W
and to be sold as the property ofV 55
'Martha Hudson for taxes year 1926. '
ALSO
Nine acres in District No. 1, DeKalb
Township, bounded on the North
by F. M. Zemp; on the East by Jane
Arthur; on the South by property
formerly estate Henderson Byra; on
the West by Caroline McMullen; levied
upon and to be sold as property of
Belton Jones for taxes year 1926.
ALSO
One acre in District No. 1, DeKalb
Township, bounded on the North by
Lot No. 8-A, on the East by Ella
Brevard; on the South by estate of :^ :
Rebecca E. Xee; on .the Vfeat by lot
No. 4-B, levied upon and- to be told ? . .
as the prooerty of Rosa Brown.
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One lot and building thereon, in the
city j>f Camden, S. C., bounded oa
the North by Jesse Withers; on the
East by?, on West by Gordon street;
on. the South by Dibble property;
'levied upon and to be sold as the
property of Ella Mickle and ' John
Kelley for taxes year 1925.
ALSO
One lot and building in District No.
1, DeKalb Township, bounded-<en the
North by lot No. 6, on the East by
estate of James H. Chestnut; oil
South by E. C. Sasportas; on the
.West by a street; levied upon and to
be sold as the property of the estiSif
of John Benjamin for taxes yefilPil^H
1996, ?
Terms of sale: Cash. \
Sheriff KeV^aw'counl y.
J. K. GOO D ALE '
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Motor Equipment of tho Boot
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We started oor Used Car business
with the Ids* that a good car at a fair
price is better than a fair car at a bar?
.. ... gain price. That idea has now become
a definite policy. Our customers can
tell you why.
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Camden, South Carolina
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Fur Collared Coats
Some women fear to have fabric co a taWitlrfur collars
cleaned. It la a f*llaicy of thought, ??#OvOr, for the
fur on a coat is carefully handled by ua and its original
perfect condition is restored.
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We clean furs, too. * Women in increasing numbers are
sehdin& their fur coats and fur neckpieces to us to bo
cleaned.
Furs seem to collect dust and grime more quickly
than fabrics even. Often pretty frocks are soiled be?Jl
cause of contact with furs or fur collars. r.
Cool, crisp fall days are just ahead. It is foolish to^ll
wait to hdve your cleaning done when almost any
morning now you'll need your heavier coat. 11
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